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- Troubleshooting
Your LifeBook notebook will
not work on battery
alone.(continued)
Your installed batteries
are faulty.
Verify the condition of the batteries using the Status Indicator
panel and replace or remove any batteries that are shorted.
See
“Status Indicator Panel” on page 22.
The batteries seem to
discharge too quickly.
You are running a pro-
gram that uses a lot of
power due to frequent
hard drive access or
optical drive access, or
use of a modem, LAN
PC card, Wireless LAN,
or Bluetooth device.
Use both the primary battery and an optional second battery
and/or use a power adapter for this application when at all
possible.
The power savings fea-
tures may be disabled.
Check the Power Options menu settings and adjust according to
your operating needs.
The brightness is
turned all the way up.
Turn down the brightness adjustment. The higher the brightness
the more power your display uses.
The batteries are old.
Replace the batteries.
The batteries have been
exposed to high temper-
atures.
Replace the batteries.
The batteries are too
hot or too cold.
Restore the notebook to normal operating temperature. Charging
icon on the Status Indicator panel will flash when battery is out-
side of operating range.
Shutdown and Startup Problems
The Suspend/Resume
button does not work.
Suspend/Resume
button is disabled.
In the Control Panel under Power Options, select the “Choose
what the power button does” option and make your choices.
There may be applica-
tion software. conflict
Close all applications and try the button again.
Problem
Possible Cause
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